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manofmonkey

The offseason has started but the AAF will begin soon. The Orlando Apollos and their tie to the Jets

The NFL season has ended and to anyone like me that means a lot of boring months wishing for any football to give me my fix. This saturday the AAF season will begin. The AAF has very similar rules to the NFL and plays on a regulation field but has made some small changes like:

  • No tv timeouts and 60% fewer commercial breaks.
  • No kickoffs. Teams start at the 25 and can option for a 4th and 12 for an onside kick.
  • No extra points. 2pt conversions only.
  • Play clock is only 30 seconds compared to 40.

Now to where the Jets come in. Each of the 8 teams is affiliated with 4 teams from the NFL and 1 team from the CFL. The Jets, Dolphins, Giants, Bucs, and Hamilton Tiger-Cats have been affiliated with the Orlando Apollos. The head coach will be Steve Spurrier and the team will include players like the former Jets WR Jalin Marshall.

So for anyone like me who needs their fix of football during the long drought you can watch the first game Saturday Feb 9 at 8pm on CBS. Here is the schedule for the rest of the season

Posted Feb 5, 2019, 2:10 AM UTC

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FromNASAtoNSAā€¢

Fuck it, I'm in.

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manofmonkeyOPā€¢

Its better than having nothing on the weekends to watch. Its basically the same as NFL/CFB and most of the players are NFL dropouts so the quality of play should be like elite college football at the worst.

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kalslaffinā€¢

Damn it's gonna be on CBS? That's legit, I honestly plan on giving it a shot

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drimmieā€¢

Fuck it, it's football and Belichick can't hurt us there šŸ˜‚ I'll watch

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fauxtoeā€¢

Wait we have breaking news... Belichik has just sign with the Apolloā€™s rival.

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LastAngelFallzā€¢

When ask why belichik accepted the role, he said, ā€œI heard fans of a certain team might get to enjoy football here. Canā€™t have that happening.ā€

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Ham_Fistā€¢

The Moscow Dragos?

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viewless25ā€¢

Im down to root for the apollos, but i still dont see how the Jets are ā€œaffiliatedā€ with them

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unboundgamingā€¢

Every team in the AAF was assigned players based on their former college teams or NFL teams. Apollos got assigned Jets, Giants and some others as well as the colleges of that area. Iā€™ve been following this league for a while and I am SUPER hyped for it to start this weekend.

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IsayNigelā€¢

Arenā€™t their a bunch of former jets on the express?

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unboundgamingā€¢

Zac Stacy was more the less a camp body, wasnā€™t even on the team for more than a couple weeks, and Hackenburg never took a snap in the NFL. Thatā€™s it

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manofmonkeyOPā€¢

It goes by the last team you were contracted to in the NFL even if it was only a few days. Also QBs are a protected group so they were handled differently. QBs were all put together and then drafted so no team had priority based on location or affiliations.

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70sBulgeā€¢

holy shit. good looking, OP.

here I am living in Orlando and all...

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stuff_my_pickleā€¢

I saw season tickets are as low as $17 a game. Just some food for thought.

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70sBulgeā€¢

I bought tickets for the opener on Saturday night.

see how this goes.

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noahnierenbergā€¢

Wait so are we Apollos fans or is there a Northeast team?

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KIM_JONG_1Ls_DONKEYā€¢

No teams in the Northeast. Apollos we are.

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noahnierenbergā€¢

APOLLOS FOR LIFE BOYS

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ItalianJettā€¢

BEEN AN APOLLO FAN ALL MY DAY

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JekPorkinsTrutherā€¢

Other points of interest:

-There are 8 teams, split into 2 division, Eastern (Atlanta Legends, Birmingham Iron, Memphis Express, Orlando Apollos) and Western (Arizona Hotshots, Salt Lake Stallions, San Antonio Commandos, San Diego Fleet)

-Former Jets legends John Wolford (AZ Hotshots) and Christian Hackenburg (Memphis Express) are in the league. Zac Stacy is on Memphis, Trevor Reilly is on SL Stallions, Matt Simms is on Atlanta, and Jalin Marshall is on Orlando. You may also recognize former Giants S Will Hill (Orlando) and DaMontre Moore (SD Fleet). Aaron Murray, who threw a ton of TDs for UGA, is the starting QB for Atlanta, and was the 2nd overall pick (behind Josh Johnson, who was then scooped up by the Redskins).

-Mike Singletary and Mike Martz are HCs for the Birmingham Iron and San Diego Fleet, respectively, if NFL-names interest you. Dennis Erickson and Rick Neuheisel coach the Salt Lake Stallions and Arizona Hotshots. Mike Vick is OC for Atlanta.

Orlando is the closest team and vaguely affiliated with the Jets, but idk if I can root for a Florida team. They do rock the blue and orange, for Mets/Knicks/Islanders fans, but its more of a Boise State blue. The only other uniforms I like are Birmingham's. Will be interesting to see if Mike Martz can pull out some crazy offense.

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GetsThruBucknerā€¢

Mother fucker i was planning on being a Memphis fan. I can't escape Hackenberg

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beeatenbyagrueā€¢

The Hack/Mettenberger storylines will be worth it. I'd already chosen them long ago.

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spatula48ā€¢

Naaaah, Memphis Express is clearly the team for Jets fans. Let me count the ways:

  • QB Hackenburg
  • RB Zac Stacy
  • WR Damore'ea Stringfellow
  • Defensive Coordinator Dennis Thurman
  • Linebackers Coach Pepper Johnson
  • QB Coach David Lee

It's like a Who's Who of failed Jets. Also, gotta love HC Mike Singletary, despite the lack of Jets connection.

GO MEMPHIS GO!

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Ham_Fistā€¢

Did Hack beat out Zach?

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UmpireAJSā€¢

I think Hack is third string but don't quote me on that.

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beeatenbyagrueā€¢

Yes. According to fantasy pros and cbs

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Ham_Fistā€¢

I need to get in an AAF fantasy league lol

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unboundgamingā€¢

Iā€™ve been following this league for a long while now, and Iā€™m incredibly hyped for this weekend to start it off. It has HUGE potential and should be fun to watch. Hackenburg is actually in this league but donā€™t worry, not on the Apollos, and not a starter yet

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beeatenbyagrueā€¢

he beat out Mett for the starting job lol.

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drimmieā€¢

r/AAF_Football

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Taftimusā€¢

Damn I picked the Apolloā€™s early on just because I loved their look, this is awesome.

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Mustakrakish_Awakenā€¢

Cool, I didn't realize they had affiliated teams. This gives me a team to follow and thus a way to get more into it.

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EuphoricHouseā€¢

Honestly, I'm kind of getting into it.

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re582325ā€¢

I don't care if it isn't the NFL. I've been intrigued ever since I heard about the new league. I'm excited.

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trelemarā€¢

I made a post a week or two ago here asking what team yā€™all were rooting for in the AAF. Been following it heavily every day. Leaning towards the Fleet currently. It makes since to follow the Apolloā€™s but letā€™s face it their a Florida team.

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jedabeā€¢

Where did you find info in Associated nfl teams? I can find it in google

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manofmonkeyOPā€¢

You can go Here for the teams and basic structure.

Clicking on the teams will take you to their wiki page. Under the players section it will tell you what teams are affiliated to each team.

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jedabeā€¢

Thanks!

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Ham_Fistā€¢

I like most of these rule changes, esp. fewer breaks for TV. Itā€™s a huge barrier to the NFL getting international fans who are used to soccer and rugby that has no commercials. Consider this a Petri dish

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LastAngelFallzā€¢

But why Orlando is there no closer team? Feels like Iā€™m rooting for the Fish 2.0

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manofmonkeyOPā€¢

All 8 teams are located in the southern part of the US. Im guessing they do this so people are more likely to show up to games considering their season starts in the middle of winter. The only team that is closer is based in Atlanta.

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WheyTooStrongā€¢

what if in 10 years theres another merger and the apollos play the jets in the big bowl

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